Synopsis:
A security vulnerability in OpenOffice.org, related to RTF document processing, may lead to arbitrary code execution.

State: Resolved

1. Impact

A security vulnerability in OpenOffice.org, related to RTF document processing, may allow a remote unprivileged user to execute arbitrary code on the system with the privileges of a local user running OpenOffice.org, if the local user opens a crafted RTF document provided by the remote user.

2. Affected releases

All versions of OpenOffice.org 3 prior to version 3.3

All versions of OpenOffice.org 2

Note: Earlier versions of OpenOffice.org are no longer supported and will not be evaluated regarding this issue.

3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate this issue has occurred.

4. Relief/Workaround

To workaround the described issue, do not load documents from untrusted sources.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following release: OpenOffice.org 3.3

6. Comments

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